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LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
07-06-2009, 09:34 PM
Post: #21
RE: LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
You most certainly will. In the videos that I am about to begin with I will show you an SEO technique to attack two niches at the same time... Hope you will enjoy it Smile
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07-06-2009, 09:41 PM
Post: #22
RE: LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
(07-05-2009 03:19 AM)Lloydh6494 Wrote:  ----------
Hello SaSH,,

I am not specifically stating that it is the ONLY tool you need but I am very certain that it removes the need for many other tools that you would normally use.

LD does however compensate for the tools you listed entirely.
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What does Vita have to say about this? Doy you think that with this we do not need Senuke or MAN? And which other tools does Kristina think we would need to compensate LD

Hi Lloyd,

I totally agree with Kristina on this for projects which are not related to product launches.

This is because this kind of projects requires very fast backlinks creation and right now for this there is nothing faster than senuke and MAN.

But as soon as Kristina will automate the time consuming parts of LD (after LD reaches its full SEO potential which is already huge) senuke and MAN won't be needed anymore.

I hope Kristina will increase the price of the Link Dozer membership when she reaches this step Tongue

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07-06-2009, 10:03 PM
Post: #23
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Exactly Vita Vee,,,

Fast link blasters may compensate for the time frame for new releases where you leverage the hype that is usually created by the originator of the product. LD is possibly too large for that. Quite literally too large. LD SEO capacity is all encompassing... I gear my efforts to long term incomes. Building sites that make anywhere from $200 to $2000 per week or month but on consistent bases.

I will most certainly take LD towards higher level of automation. I don't like clicking and waiting any more then you do lol. We already discussed this automation part and as I stated earlier 1 phase is capacity and for anyone with some SEO experience this is self explanatory,,, and then automation and speeding up of use ...

Price wise,,, QUITE SO,,, pretty soon,,, $97 is not going to justify the scope of LD...
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07-07-2009, 12:15 PM
Post: #24
RE: LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
Can I ask what 'type' of product that everyone is planning to promote first with Link Dozer?

I have a website now but I don't know if I should look for a more suitable or lucrative product?

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07-07-2009, 03:48 PM
Post: #25
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(07-07-2009 12:15 PM)llyndonium Wrote:  Can I ask what 'type' of product that everyone is planning to promote first with Link Dozer?

I have a website now but I don't know if I should look for a more suitable or lucrative product?

Hi Lyndon,

Of course you can ask Smile
At the moment I'm promoting a digital product. This product has a search volume of 2900 per day ( according to Market Samurai ). The competition is obviously also heavy: 105.000 in quotes. Though I have a number 4 - 6 position ( until yesterday, I think I've been sandboxed today Dodgy ) for it.

With LD I want to rank for the #1 position. My goal is to earn $1000,00 per month in profits by the end of this year with this website. By then I'm doing affiliate marketing for 10 months. I consider this year as my " learning year " and next year I want to make GOOD money every returning month. If I can make a $1000,00, I'm sure I can do $5000,00 Big Grin

If you are ranking high now with your website, and you think the sales page is all right also, but you don't make enough money out of it, I think you have to look for a more lucrative product ( above 50 searches per day AND commercial viable ). The amount of work is quit the same Wink

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07-07-2009, 04:33 PM
Post: #26
RE: LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
(07-07-2009 03:48 PM)SaSh Wrote:  
(07-07-2009 12:15 PM)llyndonium Wrote:  Can I ask what 'type' of product that everyone is planning to promote first with Link Dozer?

I have a website now but I don't know if I should look for a more suitable or lucrative product?

Hi Lyndon,

Of course you can ask Smile
At the moment I'm promoting a digital product. This product has a search volume of 2900 per day ( according to Market Samurai ). The competition is obviously also heavy: 105.000 in quotes. Though I have a number 4 - 6 position ( until yesterday, I think I've been sandboxed today Dodgy ) for it.

With LD I want to rank for the #1 position. My goal is to earn $1000,00 per month in profits by the end of this year with this website. By then I'm doing affiliate marketing for 10 months. I consider this year as my " learning year " and next year I want to make GOOD money every returning month. If I can make a $1000,00, I'm sure I can do $5000,00 Big Grin

If you are ranking high now with your website, and you think the sales page is all right also, but you don't make enough money out of it, I think you have to look for a more lucrative product ( above 50 searches per day AND commercial viable ). The amount of work is quit the same Wink

SaSh

Thanks SaSh

How does your SEO competition chart look in Market Samurai? Do you pay much attention to this or are you relying on the strength of your techniques to overcome the cometition? Most of the keywords I come accross have too much yellow and red!

I imagine at 2900 searches per day, that's a tough one to conquer?! Why did you choose that particular product? Was it the least competition in relation to the amount of searches?

Thanks for the info!
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07-07-2009, 05:25 PM
Post: #27
RE: LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
[/quote]

Thanks SaSh

How does your SEO competition chart look in Market Samurai? Do you pay much attention to this or are you relying on the strength of your techniques to overcome the cometition? Most of the keywords I come accross have too much yellow and red!

I imagine at 2900 searches per day, that's a tough one to conquer?! Why did you choose that particular product? Was it the least competition in relation to the amount of searches?

Thanks for the info!
Lyndon
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It looks pretty heavy. But to be honest. The time I was starting this, I had no such tool as MS. Sure I did some analyzes, but in that time I hadn't really the knowledge I do have now. So I started my promotions and build my backlinks. It took several month before I saw some results. But I knew if I worked hard and smart enough, I eventually get good rankings. But I never would have started this campaign if I had the knowledge that time. It takes too long to rank well in a heavy market. But hey, now we have Link Dozer Big Grin

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07-07-2009, 06:10 PM
Post: #28
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Hi Chistina,
Congratulations on what seems to be a ground breaking product. That seems like a hurculean task. I am impressed with your sincerity and desire to help as opposed to many of the other gurus. I hope that you remain that way even when your product and business become massive and global.
Apart from your dad, do you have any more evidences of people who are using LD and are getting results. I am jsut about to sign up and as a newbie will be happy to give stats of my efforts and results if you like.

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07-08-2009, 10:49 AM
Post: #29
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Just a quick question I thought about, there is much talk about the power of audio and video, does LD distribute adio and video like it does written content, I am don't see mention about this on the discussion about this feature.
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07-10-2009, 12:03 PM
Post: #30
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I have started going through the videos, I tried to a profile while watching, however I have decided to watch all the videos first to get an over view and then re-watch them while implementing the instructions.
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07-11-2009, 11:20 AM
Post: #31
RE: LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
Hi Kristina

I notice that a lot of the blogs that we are registering to have a similar look and feel and the registration pages are almost the same. Also, I notice that the member list is similar. I can only assume that this is a network of blogs created specifically for link power? Who else uses this network? Is it part of another 'superpower' link building program? (Or is that a secret!?)

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07-11-2009, 12:33 PM
Post: #32
RE: LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
(07-11-2009 11:20 AM)llyndonium Wrote:  Hi Kristina

I notice that a lot of the blogs that we are registering to have a similar look and feel and the registration pages are almost the same. Also, I notice that the member list is similar. I can only assume that this is a network of blogs created specifically for link power? Who else uses this network? Is it part of another 'superpower' link building program? (Or is that a secret!?)

Lyndon

Hi Lyndon,

No these are indepent websites. Some of them are even from Fortune 500 companies. But they use the same script sold by one established service provider.

Some of these sites have high traffic and big communities and they are all on different servers (so different class C IPs).

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07-11-2009, 12:43 PM
Post: #33
RE: LinkDozer Q & A Session With The Programmer Herself
(07-07-2009 06:10 PM)the right man Wrote:  Hi Chistina,
Congratulations on what seems to be a ground breaking product. That seems like a hurculean task. I am impressed with your sincerity and desire to help as opposed to many of the other gurus. I hope that you remain that way even when your product and business become massive and global.
Apart from your dad, do you have any more evidences of people who are using LD and are getting results. I am jsut about to sign up and as a newbie will be happy to give stats of my efforts and results if you like.

Hilton

Since this is a new software and there isn't any testimonial on the page yet I think we will be the first group of people who will get great results from it (except Kristina of course Wink )

But maybe I'm wrong? Kristina? Any success story so far (before our owns ;P )

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07-11-2009, 03:34 PM
Post: #34
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(07-11-2009 12:43 PM)vitavee Wrote:  
(07-07-2009 06:10 PM)the right man Wrote:  Hi Chistina,
Congratulations on what seems to be a ground breaking product. That seems like a hurculean task. I am impressed with your sincerity and desire to help as opposed to many of the other gurus. I hope that you remain that way even when your product and business become massive and global.
Apart from your dad, do you have any more evidences of people who are using LD and are getting results. I am jsut about to sign up and as a newbie will be happy to give stats of my efforts and results if you like.

Hilton

Since this is a new software and there isn't any testimonial on the page yet I think we will be the first group of people who will get great results from it (except Kristina of course Wink )

But maybe I'm wrong? Kristina? Any success story so far (before our owns ;P )

How about you Vita, what are you results at the moment? Have you had time to prove the power of this software?

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07-11-2009, 04:29 PM
Post: #35
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(07-11-2009 03:34 PM)llyndonium Wrote:  
(07-11-2009 12:43 PM)vitavee Wrote:  
(07-07-2009 06:10 PM)the right man Wrote:  Hi Chistina,
Congratulations on what seems to be a ground breaking product. That seems like a hurculean task. I am impressed with your sincerity and desire to help as opposed to many of the other gurus. I hope that you remain that way even when your product and business become massive and global.
Apart from your dad, do you have any more evidences of people who are using LD and are getting results. I am jsut about to sign up and as a newbie will be happy to give stats of my efforts and results if you like.

Hilton

Since this is a new software and there isn't any testimonial on the page yet I think we will be the first group of people who will get great results from it (except Kristina of course Wink )

But maybe I'm wrong? Kristina? Any success story so far (before our owns ;P )

How about you Vita, what are you results at the moment? Have you had time to prove the power of this software?

Lyndon

I have tested the account creation, posting to several websites and the cspin functionalities but have not started a real project with it yet. I'm waiting for the feature that will allow us to outsource the accounts creation. That will be a real time saver!

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07-12-2009, 01:05 AM
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Most of the functionalities are new to me, (didn't even know of cspin before), so I am looking forward to using it as I have been doing it the labour intensive way of posting to ezinearticles. I am happy for the new light as I can now take those articles and make 100s more. I am working on creating a product so this may just be a good project to test it on.

Any suggestions anyone?
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07-12-2009, 01:38 AM
Post: #37
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So what is it with these blogs? There's a whole bunch of them that are related to many different subjects. I notice that they already contain posts that are random and not related to the blog subject. They already appear to be being used for promotional purposes.

Does this mean we stand a chance of getting banned from these blogs or is that what the blog owners want?

I read up on the blog engine creators and they have 85,000 blogs out there using the software. Hey Kristina, that;s a lot of sites to add...

Can you imagine the power and the number of backlinks that are possible?

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07-13-2009, 03:27 PM
Post: #38
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(07-04-2009 09:24 PM)Kristina Wrote:  Step by step guide on a live project...
Yes absolutely,, I am already picking out a product / domain and will begin working on it and recording videos as I go.

This is great news I believe this is what will seperate you from all the others. Will the step by step blueprint be apart of the 97$/month subscription or will it be a seperate product?
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07-13-2009, 04:57 PM
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I am brand new to this business & doing my best to learn.
Is this program something someone without substantial background could learn to use effectively or should one go study SEO first?
What prerequisite knowledge/skill set would you recommend a person have on board before joining?

I was certainly impressed with the initial video of the sharp difference in results for your father's blog ... and have been in contact
w/ some advanced IMers who advise not wasting time on PPC, which seems to be what that video would advocate as well.
While I'd definitely want a step-by-step tutorial once I subscribe, I think it would be very helpful if you would do one that shows,
without revealing your secrets, the process of a project using LD - a faster step by step, if you will. An example of this would
be the video Fabian Lim did for his Keyword Research Pro - didn't teach how-to but did show sequentially what one does with
the product.

That aside, I want to thank you for all your hard work in developing what looks like a complex tool. It's wonderful to see
a female create something and become a name in this boy's club. Girls rock! and all that. You're inspiring.

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07-13-2009, 08:32 PM
Post: #40
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(07-07-2009 06:10 PM)the right man Wrote:  Hi Chistina,
Congratulations on what seems to be a ground breaking product. That seems like a hurculean task. I am impressed with your sincerity and desire to help as opposed to many of the other gurus. I hope that you remain that way even when your product and business become massive and global.
Apart from your dad, do you have any more evidences of people who are using LD and are getting results. I am jsut about to sign up and as a newbie will be happy to give stats of my efforts and results if you like.

Hilton

I am not intending to change the way I do things Smile One of the reasons is chose to go with 300 members is that. I have some scattered results achieved through LD.. but you must consider that at that point some of the tasks were still done manually. I saw that you registered and you are getting the picture of the situation much clearer as you are in there now.

The key to SEO success rarely has anything ot do with the tool,, it has everything to do with the use of it.. As you can tell by now LD allows you a very wide range of actions.
(07-12-2009 01:05 AM)the right man Wrote:  Most of the functionalities are new to me, (didn't even know of cspin before), so I am looking forward to using it as I have been doing it the labour intensive way of posting to ezinearticles. I am happy for the new light as I can now take those articles and make 100s more. I am working on creating a product so this may just be a good project to test it on.

Any suggestions anyone?
Hilton

MY suggestion on using SCpin is to get really creative. You can get a lot of great content from it if you are just a little sneaky smart about it. I am almost out with the videos. The pinger is done and I need to implement the last blog publishing change (It will help you achieve the right link structure)..

I am eager to start showing you "stuff" but the tool must come first for that.
(07-13-2009 04:57 PM)HCP Wrote:  I am brand new to this business & doing my best to learn.
Is this program something someone without substantial background could learn to use effectively or should one go study SEO first?
What prerequisite knowledge/skill set would you recommend a person have on board before joining?

I was certainly impressed with the initial video of the sharp difference in results for your father's blog ... and have been in contact
w/ some advanced IMers who advise not wasting time on PPC, which seems to be what that video would advocate as well.
While I'd definitely want a step-by-step tutorial once I subscribe, I think it would be very helpful if you would do one that shows,
without revealing your secrets, the process of a project using LD - a faster step by step, if you will. An example of this would
be the video Fabian Lim did for his Keyword Research Pro - didn't teach how-to but did show sequentially what one does with
the product.

That aside, I want to thank you for all your hard work in developing what looks like a complex tool. It's wonderful to see
a female create something and become a name in this boy's club. Girls rock! and all that. You're inspiring.

Helen

The whole series of videos will gear the process through LD. In this case there is not point in doing them as generic videos...
(07-12-2009 01:38 AM)llyndonium Wrote:  So what is it with these blogs? There's a whole bunch of them that are related to many different subjects. I notice that they already contain posts that are random and not related to the blog subject. They already appear to be being used for promotional purposes.

Of course they are. Almost everything that is free is already being used by someone somewhere. That part we can only escape with A.G. But i have been stopped and asked to pace the information.... So as we start using A.G. things will split apart from others,, at first a little,, then a lot more...

(07-12-2009 01:38 AM)llyndonium Wrote:  Does this mean we stand a chance of getting banned from these blogs or is that what the blog owners want?

It seems so far like these guys don't mind. Look at the way those communities are built and notice what they have in common...

(07-12-2009 01:38 AM)llyndonium Wrote:  I read up on the blog engine creators and they have 85,000 blogs out there using the software. Hey Kristina, that;s a lot of sites to add...

Can you imagine the power and the number of backlinks that are possible?

Big GrinBig GrinBig Grin

heheh,,, I would add them.. believe it or not,,, just send me the list. If they have something in common it would even be actually doable... I have set a long term goal to pack LD with as many as possible, good, free resources..
(07-11-2009 11:20 AM)llyndonium Wrote:  Hi Kristina

I notice that a lot of the blogs that we are registering to have a similar look and feel and the registration pages are almost the same. Also, I notice that the member list is similar. I can only assume that this is a network of blogs created specifically for link power? Who else uses this network? Is it part of another 'superpower' link building program? (Or is that a secret!?)

Lyndon

Look at the actual home pages of those blogs. Some are some are not intended for link power... These were extracted because they sit on KickApps (type of platform) so they have things in common technically.It is easier to program for related platforms.

What will happen,, over time,,, as I extract certain TYPES of platforms,, I can group them and code for the group instead of a single site.. (much faster then the usual approach)

So by the way,, if you have sites in mind that we can throw into a pot and they are all or most on a specific type of script,,, let me know...
(07-08-2009 10:49 AM)the right man Wrote:  Just a quick question I thought about, there is much talk about the power of audio and video, does LD distribute adio and video like it does written content, I am don't see mention about this on the discussion about this feature.

I have a list of around 200 video sharing web sites.. I intended to include them all but then I noticed that some would not be good in the mix. All in all, yes, you will have those added as well. in one of the upcoming upgrades.. Right now the content is priority...
(07-07-2009 12:15 PM)llyndonium Wrote:  Can I ask what 'type' of product that everyone is planning to promote first with Link Dozer?

I have a website now but I don't know if I should look for a more suitable or lucrative product?

The example I am getting ready for contains 2 digital products...
Quote:Before we start on the account creation, would it be wise for us to wait until we have the facility for the 100% unique profiles / accounts?
This is done and working like a charm Smile

Quote:In the meantime, do you suggest we do any other work or just watch the videos?

YES, WRITE CONTENT,, LOTS OF IT!

Quote:I assume that product selection, money page, etc etc is outside the scope of Link Dozer? I also assume that product selection is irellevant to Link Dozer? Are there better or worse types of product or service that we should be marketing?

Product selection is irrelevant to Link Dozer, yes. Ultimately you can promote anything you want. On the other hand these thigs are not outside of my expertize and as a portion of the video training process I will touch on some details as I see them. You have to know that each of those topic can quite litterateur be a long and extensive lecture of itself

Quote:I hear that CPA offers are converting better than CPS.

I have a website that I am ranking well for the product name but it only has a few searches. I would like to branch out and target broader terms that have much bigger search numbers. So, what about competition levels? As you are familiar with SEnuke, should we be targeting the 'very easy', 'easy' and 'doable' keywords or is it worth us working harder towards higher competition stuff?

Thanks
Lyndon

CPA offers are converting OK depending on what the lander is like and what the traffic is like (generally with CPAs you need highly targeted traffic)


Quote:should we be targeting the 'very easy', 'easy' and 'doable' keywords or is it worth us working harder towards higher competition stuff?

There is a method of getting high rankings in "UPWARD" optimization model. Most of you,, if not ALL of you are using a LINEAR,,, DOWNWARD and ROUND method of building ranking factors for your site. This is NOT a simple matter. There are many details involved...

It takes TIME,, and some work.... easy keywords are as they say,,, EASY... You can easily rank for those words even if you do manual job...

The tough ones are where I want to take you guys. LD will help,,, but you have to understand that it takes time,,,, so there is a method to jump on the wagon of those that create 3 million searches a month... and with patience and time,, and work,, you could get pretty far...

For all of you,,, I would like to say something about me which will give you a better perspective on LD
I am not a guru! Don't ever want to be one. I simply have a vast experience and a great talent for teaching. (to me the guru implies an incompetent wannabe expert as most "gurus" are)

I have a degree in civil engineering and applied computer sciences and for some weird course of events I ended up in marketing back when I was 18/19... As a mixture, It all somehow resulted in me becoming an SEM consultant, among others for one of the largest SEM companies in North America (out of necessity,, not because I chose this career (even though I do enjoy doing it)) and then I decided to develop tools that will get ME what I want. I did not want easy keywords. I wanted the tough ones...

Since 2006 I developed a series of tools,, of various names.. and for various applications.... and finally I decided to put them all in one place,, and we'll call it Link Dozer... (over the next year or so,,, Link Dozer will become VERY different then it is now, because I intend to merge most of those tools and ideas into one place... and if a community of 300 people wants to be in it along side me,,, now is the time...)

So please,,, remember,, I am not a guru,,, I know this industry inside out and you will rarely get me to say definitively "this is good or this is bad",, because there is really no such thing... SEO is about versatility and capacity,, not how fast you churn out links for keywords that get 6 searches a day.... grasp that,, and we will get somewhere...

~ Anyways,,, I have to get to work now Smile

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